'28 Years Later' actor Chi Lewis-Parry said he scared Danny Boyle into casting him as Samson the Alpha
Chi Lewis-Parry at the "28 Years Later" premiere and in an exclusive behind-the-scenes photo from the film. John Phillips/Getty Images/Chi Lewis-Parry/Sony Chi Lewis-Parry played the infected Alpha, Samson, in Danny Boyle's "28 Years Later." The actor told BI he impressed Boyle in his audition by sprinting at him from across the room. "Every time he tried to move, I would nudge him into place," he said. When director Danny Boyle told the actor Chi Lewis-Parry "terrify me" during his audition for " 28 Years Later ," he probably didn't expect the 6-foot-8-inch former MMA fighter to sprint at him from across a large room. But this unique approach helped Lewis-Parry land the role of Samson, a terrifying new type of the infected called an Alpha , in the horror sequel that hit cinemas in June. Samson appears in several spine-tingling sequences in the film to showcase how the Rage Virus has evolved since the original outbre...
